CCCU in the News

The colleges and universities that form the membership of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities often are featured in news stories for their innovative programs, academic prestige and work to bolster the movement of Christ-centered higher education. Here are some of the articles that mention CCCU members and affiliates.

Constitutional and UnwiseInside Higher EdBy Shapri D. LoMaglioJuly 6, 2010As an association representing institutions of higher learning, the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities is sensitive to the claims of institutional autonomy presented by the Hastings College of the Law in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez. However, as the institutions within our organization are religious in nature, we are also acutely aware of the religious freedom concerns presented by this case. MORE

Believing in God and Evolution Inside Higher EdOctober 14, 2009An anti-evolution group is capturing headlines with its plans to distribute a special edition of The Origin of Species to tens of thousands of college students at secular universities next month, hoping that an introduction that promotes creationism will change the views of those who read it. But while that group is fighting for the hearts and minds of students at secular colleges and universities, there is also a theological and scientific struggle taking place at Christian colleges. MORE

Who says Religion is boring?The Baltimore SunJuly 19, 2009It was the kind of story that cried out to be told. Or so Terry Mattingly thought.It was 1982, and a little-known punk band from Ireland was touring U.S. colleges for the first time, rattling from town to town in an old panel truck. Mattingly, then a music writer for a small Illinois paper, was intrigued by the chorus from a song on their new album. The lyrics were, of all things, in Latin - gloria in te domine, gloria exultate - and appeared to have been taken from an ancient Mass. MORE

Creation CareCenter for American ProgressNovember 13,2008Lauren Kras spent the spring of her junior year at Messiah College planting a garden. "We really wanted to put forward eating locally," she says. "You could do something in your own backyard that could cut down your energy usage and put you back in touch with the earth." The garden project was the creation of Earthkeepers, a small environmental club on this evangelical college campus in central Pennsylvania. MORE

Christian campuses play more visible role in campaignsMedill ReportsNovember 3,2008The 2008 presidential campaign will be remembered for feeling like one of the longest in history. But it may also be remembered for the visible role that Christian colleges played, going back at least to June 2007.Thats when Eastern University outside Philadelphia co-sponsored a forum with Sojourners for Democratic candidates to discuss faith, values and politics. MORE

Cleveland: Faith-Based GrowthChattanooga Times Free PressOctober 6, 2008This fall Lee University enrolled the largest freshman class in the schools history. While the colleges student body has grown significantly over the past 20 years, officials say Lee appeals to a growing interest in affordable, faith-based higher education. MORE

A Semester Abroad ... in TinseltownThe Los Angeles TimesOctober 6, 2008Forget about Paris and a semester at the Sorbonne. Who needs to study in Florence or struggle with Mandarin for just months in Beijing? Instead, consider the allure of Burbank and the nearby Oakwood apartments. Think about Los Angeles' Wilshire district and the chance to speak like a Hollywood agent.MORE

Welcome, Freshman. Have an iPod.The New York TimesAugust 20, 2008Taking a step that professors may view as a bit counterproductive, some universities are doling out Apple iPhones and Internet-capable iPods to students. The always-on Internet devices raise some novel possibilities, like tracking where students congregate. With far less controversy, colleges could send messages about canceled classes, delayed buses, campus crises or just the cafeteria menu. MORE

Will Colleges Friend Facebook?Inside Higher EducationAugust 19, 2008As colleges have worked over the years to solidify their Web 2.0 presence and reach out to students where theyre most likely to congregate online, theres often a glaring omission from their overall Internet strategies: social networks. Thats not so much an oversight as a hesitation, with many institutions still debating whether to adopt social networking capabilities of their own or grit their teeth and take the plunge into Facebook, with all the messiness and potential privacy concerns that would imply. MORE

Christian Colleges Grow More DiverseInside Higher EducationAugust 15, 2008Historically, the evangelical colleges that comprise the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities have not been magnets for many black students. A new analysis from TheJournal of Blacks in Higher Education suggests thats changing, with some Protestant colleges recording staggering increases in black student enrollments over the last decade. MORE

2008 Great Colleges to Work ForThe Chronicle for Higher EducationJuly 14, 2008Indiana Wesleyan University, Gordon College and Regent University are featured as top schoolsin the Chronicle's annual report. The survey, taken from more than 15,000 administrators, faculty and staff, highlights colleges and universities succeeding in good administration/faculty relationships, work/life balance, salary and benefits and other categories. IWU is featured as a success story for its innovative programs in promoting balance between work and life. For that story, click HERE.

What Would Jesus Do (In College)?Inside Higher EducationBy Elizabeth ReddenJune 30, 2008In 2006, Eastern Mennonite University cracked a list of top colleges for conservatives, old-fashioned liberals, and people of faith. It was a dubious distinction. The Virginia university, coming out of a pacifist tradition, names peace and sustainability as core values.MORE

Indiana Wesleyan to House National Adult Learning CenterInside Indiana BusinessJune 17, 2008Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) has been chosen as the home for an international center to study adult learning. The institution has started a national search for an executive director for the Research Center in Adult Learning, which will be a joint effort between IWU and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. The center will focus on programs and services for the adult community's professional and lifelong learning needs. MORE

A Christian University puts faith in its professorsThe Chronicle for Higher EducationBy Beckie SupianoMay 2, 2008Jennifer Stafford Brown thought she was an old pro at applying for jobs. "I've written probably 300 cover letters," she says. "I know how to write a cover letter."But when Ms. Brown applied for a position at Whitworth University, a Presbyterian institution in Spokane, Wash., she was asked for something more: a personal statement of faith. MORE

Students Expand Horizons, Study AbroadToday's Pentecostal EvangelBy Jocelyn GreenSeptember 9, 2007USP opened my eyes to issues I had never encountered, says Charity Kinney, senior at Evangel University in Springfield, Mo. My worldview has expanded; I have grown so much spiritually and intellectually. Ive learned to ask the right questions and to truly rely on God for the answers. MORE>>

Christian Colleges' Green RevolutionChristianity TodayBy Cindy CrosbyMay 25, 2007Integrating creation care with academics is a growing emphasis on Christian campuses around the country. According to Paul Corts, president of the interdenominational Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), about 40 of 105 North American member schools have adopted significant green initiatives. These vary considerably, from multimillion-dollar sustainable "villages" and student volunteer educational programs to majors in environmental studies and recycling pop cans in school cafeterias. There is also national action. MORE

BestSemester Program Provides Real World ExperienceRelevant MagazineBy Hannah FischerMarch 1, 2007Picture your ideal semester. Are you exploring the diversity of ancient Chinese culture and global commerce in Beijing and Shanghai? Trying your hand at directing films with the latest high-def video equipment in Hollywood? Spending hours writing and recording original music at a world-class facility on Marthas Vineyard? How about discussing the events in the Middle East with your contemporaries who are attending the worlds most renowned Muslim university in Cairo? MORE

Christian College Grows Roots AbroadInside Higher EdBy Elizabeth ReddenThe fall of the Soviet Union hasnt changed everything in Moscow. It took the Russian-American Christian University five years to get a building permit. When its new, 46,000-square-foot facility opens in December, seven years will have passed since the process started. On the other hand, the fact that a permanent facility for a university with backing from American Christian colleges is opening in Moscow at all suggests that some things have changed, albeit sometimes slowly. MORE

A More Porous Church-State WallInside Higher EdBy Scott JaschikMarch 14, 2007Last week saw two court rulings and one campus dispute focused on church and state. In all three cases and in several others in the last year advocates for religion won, and supporters of a strict separation of church and state lost. MORE

Muslim, Jewish Scholars: More 'Jesus' Talk NeededChristianPost.comBy Michelle VuFeb. 5, 2007World renowned scholars representing Islam, Judaism and Christianity emphasized the need for more Jesus talk and Jesus action in conflict resolutions, noting that the world cannot afford a war between Christians and Muslims - who together make up half the worlds population. MORE

Spiritual AccountabilityInsideHigherEd.comBy Elizabeth ReddenFeb. 1, 2007How to make the seemingly subjective experience of faith objective, to measure a college students spiritual growth as you would a childs height, with penciled marks noting an inch here, an inch there, on a four-foot paper ruler taped to the presidents door? MORE

A word once shunned by churches is now overwhelmingly embraced as Christians mobilize to confront one of the worlds leading causes of death. Christians ranging from megachurch pastors to humanitarian workers to students are increasingly moving to the forefront in the battle against AIDS. MORE

How college has changed in the past 20 yearsDaily HeraldAssociated PressSept. 5, 2006Enrollment skyrocketed from 135,000 in 1990 to 230,000 in 2004 at the 102 campuses that belong to the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Thats an increase of 70 percent. Enrollment at nonreligious private colleges grew only 28 percent, while enrollment at public universities increased by 13 percent over the same period. MORE

Faithfully Attaining a Lofty StatureSouth Florida Sun-SentinelBy Jennifer PeltzMay 28, 2006WEST PALM BEACH - When Palm Beach Atlantic University talks about growth, it's often the spiritual kind.But the nondenominational Christian university also is expanding in many other dimensions these days.MORE

Evangelical colleges gaining popularityNWI TimesBy Dalia HatuqaApril 9, 2006Evangelical colleges and universities are making a comeback -- after years of lower enrollment -- a trend that some experts say reflects a increasing interest in religion and Christian values. MORE

Christian Colleges Blessed with Enrollment SurgeArgus LeaderBy Jill CallissonFeb. 4, 2006After 2 1/2 years at a public university, Dave Klyn started over. Klyn had decided he could better reach his goal of becoming an elementary school teacher by finishing his education at a Christian college. MORE

Faith, Scholarship and the College ClassroomInsideHigherEd.comFeb. 1, 2006By Ronald P. MahurinThe unprecedented enrollment growth of faith-based higher education is a curiosity to some, and a complete mystery to others. Particularly among intentionally Christ-centered schools, the enrollment rate of Council for Christian Colleges and Universities member institutions has outpaced the rest of higher education by more than 42 percent during the decade of the 1990s. MORE

Ivy League Schools See Rise in Evangelical StudentsChristianPost.comDec. 27, 2005 By Audrey Barrick and Joseph AlvarezMore Evangelicals are attending Ivy League universities where spiritual interest is growing more than ever, according to university faculty and campus fellowship officials. MORE

Students Bridge Science, Faith at Christian CollegesChicago TribuneDecember 18, 2005By Lisa AndersonBOURBONNAIS, Ill. -- As the battle over the teaching of biological evolution buffets public high schools, a more delicate challenge faces many of the nation's Christian colleges and universities: helping students bridge the growing gap between modern science and fundamentalist faith. MORE

Christian Colleges ReboundUSA TODAYDec. 15, 2005By G. Jeffrey MacDonaldRachel Friesen was on track to graduate debt-free from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs when she made a leap in 2004 that would instead land her about $40,000 in debt on commencement day. MORE

The Culture Wars of 2005InsideHigherEd.comDec. 7, 2005By Scott JaschikThe conservative journal The New Criterion is the last place youd expect to find any gratitude for Ward Churchill. But writing there this summer, Roger Kimball found a bright side to the controversial University of Colorado professor: He brought more scrutiny to higher education. MORE

On Christian campus, an all-embracing frameworkThe Boston GlobeNov. 14, 2005By Brian MacQuarrie WHEATON, Ill. -- The chapel at Wheaton College is jammed with all its 2,400 students for a compulsory midweek gathering. Baseball caps are turned backward, and sweatshirts, jeans, and denim make these collegians 30 miles west of Chicago indistinguishable from most of their peers across the country. But there is a distinction: The bowed heads, the silent prayers, and the robust Christian songs are an accepted part of campus life. MORE

CCCU Campuses Keep Hands Stretched to Katrina VictimsThe ChristianPost.comOct. 27, 2005By Lilian KwonIn the wake of numerous disasters that have struck the nation within the past couple of months, including Monday's Hurricane Wilma, the nation has not pulled off from its generous contributions as aid continues to pour in. MORE

CCCU's BestSemester Program Engages Students in Multicultural WorldThe ChristianPost.comOctober 26, 2005By Susan WangWhether in Latin America, China, or right here in the United States, CCCUs BestSemester program is offering students an opportunity to live, learn, and grow.The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, an association of more than 170 international institutions of Christ-centered education, sponsors off-campus opportunities for students under its BestSemester programs. MORE

Statistics Show More Students Want to Mix Spirituality and EducationThe Press EnterpriseOctober 24, 2005By Marisa AghaA renewed interest in religion and spirituality nationwide has fueled unprecedented growth at some Inland-area faith-based colleges and universities.The new demand is particularly prevalent among Christian-centered campuses, mirroring a national revival in matters of faith. MORE

CCCU Enrollment Figures Surpass Other Higher Education InstitutionsChristianPost.comOctober 11, 2005By Lillian KwonHigher education institutions have experienced an increasing number of enrolled students over the past 14 years while member campuses of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) have taken the lead in growth among all four-year campuses. MORE

Congress Wades Into Campus PoliticsRepublicans Push for Academic Bill of Rights To Ensure 'Dissenting Viewpoints' in ClassWall Street JournalOctober 4, 2005By June KronholzWASHINGTON--College campuses can be political hotbeds. And that has some members of Congress thinking they should get involved.Some Republicans are pushing a measure through the House of Representatives meant to ensure that students hear "dissenting viewpoints" in class and are protected from retaliation because of their politics or religion. Colleges say the measure isn't needed, but with Congress providing billions of dollars to higher education, they are worried. MORE

October Observed as Christian Higher Education MonthChristianPost.comOctober 3, 2005By Elaine SpencerOctober is Christian Higher Education month, and to celebrate its sixth year anniversary, the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities created a website that showcases how Christian colleges and their alumni are benefiting society. The Washington-based CCCU began Christian Higher Education Month in 1999, and by 2003, Congress passed a House Resolution recognizing the campaign. Through the month-long observance, the CCCU hopes to raise awareness about the gains in Christian education as well as recognize alumni who have made great contributions to society. MORE

Christian Colleges Offer Free Tuition, Donations to Katrina-Affected StudentsChristianPost.comSeptember 12, 2005 By Katherine T. PhanMember campuses of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) are helping students displaced by Hurricane Katrina in anyway they can, through extending fall registration dates, collecting donations for affected campuses, offering free fall tuition, and sending volunteer student teams to disaster areas, according to a report released by the Council. MORE

Faithful and True?World MagazineSeptember 10, 2005, Vol. 20, No. 35by Gene Edward VeithShe's bright, homeschooled, and devout. She is definitely college material. So her parents, having read about the relativism and debauchery of the nation's secular universities, send her to a Christian college. MORE

More Christians Flocking to Religious MediaSecular news seen as biased and inaccurateThe Dallas Morning NewsJuly 2, 2005By Colleen McCain NelsonDALLAS-When FamilyNet reported on the recent Miss Universe pageant, the Christian TV network edited out footage of the swimsuit competition. When World magazine wrote about a church embroiled in controversy, the Christian publication noted that the "mainstream media had badly garbled the story." MORE

Academic Freedom VictoryFrontPage MagazineJune 24, 2005By Committee on Education and the WorkforceKey House Republican leaders today welcomed news that a compromise has been reached between representatives of the higher education community and leading voices in the drive for freedom of speech, led by David Horowitz, who have been calling for enactment of an Academic Bill of Rights to protect students' rights on college campuses. MORE

Detente With David HorowitzInside Higher EdJune 23, 2005By Scott JaschikDavid Horowitz isnt mentioned by name in a two-page statement being released today by 26 higher education organizations. But the statement, on academic rights and responsibilities, is a response to Horowitzs Academic Bill of Rights, which many professors view as an assault on their rights. MORE

Higher, Higher EducationUSA TodayJune 22, 2005 By Naomi Schaefer RileyFor most high school seniors, going to a college that bans alcohol and premarital sex, and requires chapel once a week, seems like a raw deal. But the skills students absorb at religious colleges might be giving them an edge in the job market. MORE

Meet Gen MNot all colleges are the same. Religious colleges are churning out a different kind of graduate.National Review OnlineJanuary 11, 2005Naomi Schaefer Riley, who's spent time at NR and the Wall Street Journal, writing for both, as well as writing for the Boston Globe, New York Times, and others, is author of the new book God on the Quad: How Religious Colleges and the Missionary Generation Are Changing America. In it she reports on her travels to a variety of religious colleges in the U.S. In these schools, for the most part, red-state students are escaping the broader secular college to prepare to engage it. God on the Quad is about a movement on the rise, which you're soon to hear a lot more about. MORE

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